Gloucester Saint

Yes, that’s correct, that’s what I was saying.

Using Rasmus logic, if it isn’t blown up already, then blow it up.

Yes, I’m sure one of them will remind us of Mr Cryptocurrency’s role (just in case MLG reads this, it’s a deliberate play on Bitcon).

Bet Rasmus was looking into a full length mirror when he had it as well with an Issac Hayes track playing.

He’s what I’d describe as serious, very detail focused, which was totally lacking with Boris and Truss. Sunak was more detail focused but they’d shot their bolt by then. Which is fine for a PM but Rayner hasn’t provided the lighter side that might have offset some of that seriousness. Someone like Wes Streeting has that aspect of humour which he seems to land well. Gordon Brown’s seriousness and that of George Osborne wasn’t such a problem as Blair and Cameron were more natural public performers.

Possible, we have been linked earlier in the season. In fact, if the club are speaking to at least three options as per House’s tweet it’s quite likely Eustace is one of them. Would mean paying compo to Blackburn though and he’s got a lot of his contract left to go. Unless it’s a fixed release then it would be potentially as costly as Rohl or Corberan.

I would say a big risk rather than own goal. Minimal big leagues experience and what he did have Mainz was almost as bad as what Jones and Martin gave in the PL. Won the Danish league at a small club so that was more impressive, the Danish national team is what he’s best known for. Apparently likes possession-dominant football which is more of a risk again. He’d be better starting off in the Champ now and if he makes a good start he could be in the PL with someone else next season. Saints need top leagues experience - with a proper DoF in place, the set up severely lacks major football experience at either the club or within SR. The last two appointments have gone wrong because of this.

I did think that, last time they were in power SM was nowhere near the force it is now. Plus some of the tabloids - I include the DT in that category these days sadly - are solely propaganda tools. They’ve always been right-leaning but in a way it backfires because most people who aren’t politically partisan assume they are just banging on at the behest of the CCO and their non-dom, tax dodging owners.

Not everyone’s cup of tea in here but I think they need an Alastair Campbell type figure, or Bernard Ingham the other way, so they get the communication of policies landing better. They’ve got plenty of technocrats but lacking in people who can understand optics in presentation.

If it’s not him that probably rules Corberan out for the same reasons unless his contract is a lot shorter than Rohl’s.

And still committed two absolute howlers trying to play out from the back in the way Russell loves costing us three points.

Some of Labour’s own communication isn’t very good either and in opposition they complained about the unfairness as the Tories did yesterday whilst admitting they couldn’t have afforded it too (which is a lesson for all opposition parties, Lib Dem’s and tuition fees as well for balance as I vote for them). It wasn’t in their manifesto to tackle it and given the state of the country’s finances there are groups like the PO and blood scandal that I’d rather were prioritised.

Quite. Labour has been indifferent so far but compare that to 2016-24 with the legacy left behind and it’s hard to see how it could have too much better. Tories admit they couldn’t have afforded the £10.5bn compensation either and it was their poor communication in the first place. Much rather the infected blood and post office scandal affected groups and individuals are made a priority for compensating - but of course they don’t have a large female boomer generation campaigning voice behind them in the same way through the tabloids. Alan Bates is popular but not got the columnists going into bat for the PO affected in the same way.

Good, pity that didn’t start with the Forest home game. I’m not saying Rusk is the long-term solution but he could read the situation of the match and adapt. That’s one up on anything Martin did this season.

The game is much quicker in the PL I observed as a difference between Champ football last season and this where dwelling or bad positioning often costs a goal, let alone the unforced errors using the ball in high risk/low reward areas. Last year we got a lot of late goals, especially Fraser coming on, but this year we are far more likely to concede them.

That explains the flight to Toon then.

I thought he did a Farley good job (gets coat…)

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Heading for Palace

I’ve got a book about that 1978 case to read over Xmas.

Sounds like a sweet, cheap Portuguese 🍷

The Henrik Kraft interview a few weeks ago where he referred to Rasmus as ‘Mr Football’ across the SR group. Which is a bit like referring to Frank Spencer as Mr Safe Construction at Balfour Beattie.

Would be a good appointment for Charlton, Plymouth, Stoke, Preston, Pompey - that bracket of clubs at lower Champ/League One. Lacks any of the top leagues experience for Southampton Football Club which the club sorely needs and his nationality cements Rasmus’s dismal place in Sports Republic. I’m sure he will be better than Martin but will also do what he’s told by Rasmus Ankerson. Prepare for life bobbing between Championship and League One if Rasmus keeps control.

Not even that good.

An element of that, and also a theory that clubs got disrupted by coaching teams moving en masse with managers as he experienced with Hoddle so had a bee in his bonnet there. Agree with the season just being about pride, more organised and fitter players. Squad needs to be smaller in January, quantity over quality for what the 7th year in a row.